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M. L. LANCASTER.

PACKEH FYFFLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 19m.

N6 WRAPPER.

Patented bept. 23, 1919.

venient in use.

Specification of Letters t nt. Patented Sept. as, rare.

Application filed February 7, 1919. Serial No. 275,664.

To all whoin it may concern: Be it known that I, ll/IARTIN LEWIS LAN-' (FASTER, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Arden House, Albert Road, Stechford, Birmingham, England, have invented a new and useful Packeting-Wrapper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprises an improvement in packeting wrappers for safety razor blades and the like and has for its object to hold the blade in the packet so that its sharpened edges are out of contact with the packeting wrapper.

In an ordinary envelop or container in which such blades have hitherto been packed, the blade is free to move about, and aS the sharpened edges are very sensitive and liable to damage and loss of keenness by contact with a foreign substance they often reach the user in an imperfect condition.

A packeting wrapperin accordance with my invention avoids this defect and is inexpensive to produce and simple and con- In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan of a cut out blank for a wrapper suitable for blades of the Gillette t e.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the blade.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the blade and wrapper with arts of the wrapper folded in to secure tlie blade.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing the further folding of the wrapper.

Fig. '5 is a view of the fully folded wraper. p To make the said packeting wrapper in accordance with the illustrated ,example I cut out a blank from paper, cloth, leather, or other suitable flexible material, preferably a little more than three times the width of the blade between its sharpened edges, and about twice its length. This blank I may crease with four creased lines, two being at right angles to the other two, the central space 6 incloscd between these four creased lines being about the length of the blade to be packed, and a little wider than the width of the blade from edge to ed e.

lhe said four creasing lines a necessarily divide the blank into nine spaces-the three center ones being about the length of the blade one way, and a little wider than the width of the blade between its sharpened edges the other way. 7

The six outer spaces (three on each side) are cut out at the edge to form four covering flaps c and two locking flaps (l the locking flaps each being cut out to form a long tongue 6 of such a shape that it will readily slip into one of the holes with which these safety razor blades are perforated-the four covering flaps 0 being shaped to a suitable shape and size to form a convenient covering for the ends of the folded packet.

In use the safety razor blade Fig. 2 is placed on the central space I) at the ends of which are the two locking flaps d and these two locking flaps (Z are then folded over the ends of the blade and the two serted in the holes 1'' in the blade, the position being shown in Fig. 3 thus fixing the blade firmly in position;

The remaining portions of the wrapper are then folded inward over the blade at the creasing lines as illustrated at Fig. 4 into a compact and neat package, as at Fig. 5. Owing to the creases that form they center part?) being wider apart than the width of the blade between its sharpen'ed'edges, and the blade being locked firmly in position in the central space, the sharpened edges of the blade are held from contact with the wrapper and the blade is held immovable and protected from vibration in transit to the consumer.

- Inorder to save manufacturing cost I may dispense with the creasing llnes as a wrapper as described will fold up accurately without them, but not quite so easily, and the time taken inpacking would be a little longer than if the wrapper has been creased where required to fold. The particular form of the folding over portions of the blank and the position in which same. are provided with flaps may obviously be departed from without departing from my invention.

My invention is suitable for any type of razor blade having perforated holes-the position and size of the locking flaps being modified to fit same.

I claim r l. A packeting wrapper for safety razor blades having holes therein comprising a cut out blank for folding to inclose the blade, said blank having a portion larger than said blade and having side portions and end flaps tongues e in contiguous to said larger portion; extensions on said end flaps in the form of tongues of a width permitting them to be tucked into the holes in said blade to hold the blade against movement in the wrappers.

2. A packeting wrapper for a safety razor blade with 'holes therein comprising a cut out blank, said blank being creased to divide it into three parallel conti ous portions a middle portion and two si e portions with end flaps to each portion, the middle portion being of a width larger than the blade, and the end flaps to said portion having extended tongue portions of a width permitting them to engage the holes of said blade when said flaps are folded thus locating said blade on the said middle portionof the blank, the end flaps of said side portions when folded overlying each other and the ends of the middle portion to form a damp-proof wrapper.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

MARTIN LEW'IS LANCASTER. 

